enslavement

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It also serves as a reminder of the need for a wider lens when thinking about enslavement and freedom throughout the Americas today.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 4, 2026

Accidents and misfortunes, especially being captured in wartime, could lead to enslavement.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

Historical analogies provide strategic inspiration: just as abolitionists once argued persuasively that human slavery was a moral abomination, modern activists might convincingly frame AI "enslavement" as ethically unacceptable and strategically dangerous for humanity’s future.

From Salon • May 17, 2025

This Passover, as for thousands of years, Jews gathered around seder tables will recall the story of our ancestors’ enslavement in Egypt.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2025

By contrast, enslavement was intended to last a lifetime.

From "An Indigenous People’s History of the United States" by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz